Halloween Night (2006)

The film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), a young man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his family in 1982, and admitted into an insane asylum based largely on the fact that Chris had ... See full summary »

Director:

Mark Atkins

Writers:

Michael Gingold (story), David Michael Latt (story)

Stars:

Derek Osedach, Rebekah Kochan, Scot Nery

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Derek Osedach	...	David Baxter
Rebekah Kochan	...	Shannon
Scot Nery	...	Chris Vale
Sean Durrie	...	Larry
Alicia Klein	...	Tracy
Erica Kessler	...	Angela (as Erica Roby)
Amanda Ward	...	Kendall
Jared Cohn	...	Daryll (as Jared Michaels)
Michael Schatz	...	The Troll
Amelia Jackson-Gray	...	Jeanine
Nicholas Daly Clark	...	Todd (as Nick Daly Clark)
Reza Riazi	...	Officer Connors (as Tank Murdoch)
Stephanie Christine Medina	...	Kim (as Stephanie Medina)
Jonathan Weber	...	Charlie
Jan Anderson	...	Mrs. Vale (as Janina Anderson)

Storyline

The film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), a young man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his family in 1982, and admitted into an insane asylum based largely on the fact that Chris had been found at home with the bodies by the police. After 10 years of life in the asylum, in which he has been bullied by inmates and staff alike for the incident, Chris has now quite literally turned insane and, to prove his innocence, he escapes from the asylum on October 31 to his home, which is now occupied by a new family who are holding a Halloween party. As the night draws on, Chris attempts to search the house for any clues that will testify his innocence, but in an effort to conceal himself from the partygoers and the authorities who are searching for him, begins his own killing spree that leads to a massacre far worse than the original.

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Plot Keywords:

murdered in a bathtub | murdered in a car | halloween party | halloween | renaissance costume | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Tubi

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Halloween Massaker

Filming Locations:

Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Asylum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min 110 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot and cover art for the movie were inspired by Halloween (1978).

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Goofs

When Darryl gets off the bus to meet David you can see the camera crew in his dark sunglasses.

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Crazy Credits

"The events, characters, and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Really. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental, and very weird. We suggest moving and/or making sure no one was killed in your home BEFORE moving in."

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Connections

Spoofed in Boogeyman 2 (2007)

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Soundtracks

Men are from Mars
Performed by Strange Radio
Produced by Steve Sundholm/James O'Connell

User Reviews

The "terrifying story" of Chris Vale...

For The Asylum Halloween Night is not too bad, they have certainly done much worse. Even with that taken into account, Halloween Night is still not a good movie. There are some things that are done reasonably, some of the daylight scenes are shot nicely, the music is a good mix of jaunty and eerie, Scot Nery does bravely as the one character that we come close to rooting for and there are some gory and imaginative slasher death scenes(honourable mention must go to the hanger death which is just hilarious). There have been worse-looking movies from The Asylum, but the special effects are poorly rendered, the editing is sloppy for much of the movie and some scenes especially the first 10-15 minutes are really amateurishly shot. Chris Vale's make-up is appropriately hideous considering what happens to him, but he looks too much of a zombie and some have already said. The acting is pretty dire from almost everybody, Nery is the best of the lot but then we have Rebekah Kochan overacts her rather shallow character and Derek Osedach mumbles his way through his lines and not much else. The characters are exceedingly annoying and shallow with non-existent character development, the one exception is Chris Vale but he is not much different from similar characters from similar movies. The dialogue is dumb and just painful to listen to, making something like the worst Disney Channel movie seem like Casablanca comparatively. The story is even more of a problem, that it's mind-numbingly ridiculous, painfully predictable and deathly dull is one thing but we also have a complete lack of tension, thrills sense of horror/terror(mainly because of the characters' interactions and expressions being so blank) and suspense, situations and interactions are really contrived and implausible, and there is a heavy reliance on drawn-out done-to-death clichés that are marred even further by being played far too straight. The ending is inept in every way, and if you're finding it difficult to buy or swallow don't blame yourself, you won't be the only one. In conclusion, could have been worse but rather mediocre, not the terrifying story that the cover advertised. 4/10 Bethany Cox